UNIT 9. My Future Profession

Exercise 1. Answer the questions.

1) Where do you study?

2) What do you specialize in?

3) What do you think about your future profession?

4) Where would you like to work?

Exercise 2. Brainstorm vocabulary on legal professions.

READING

Exercise 3. Read and translate the text.

Legal Professions in Russia

Legal professions are very popular in Russia. The number of people who are studying law has increased over the past decade. Legal professionals study, develop and apply law. Usually, for someone choosing a career in law it is required to get a law degree.

Legal professions are very interesting, diverse and quite necessary for regulation of social relations in the state. A law graduate can choose his/ her place of work and occupation from a number of possible ones.

They can work at legal offices, in the court system, at the Prosecutor's Office, at the Bar, or at notary offices. A law graduate can be a legal adviser at an enterprise, a notary at a notary office; an investigator at the Prosecutor's Office or can serve in the police, tax service or corrections.

There is much work to do everywhere. An advocate gives legal assistance to citizens: advocates counsel people, draft legal documents, represent plaintiffs or defendants in court. An advocate defends the accused, proves innocence by evidence. A prosecutor at the Prosecutor's office prosecutes the accused, proves guilt by evidence. A judge administers justice, conducts the trial, sums up evidence, passes a just sentence. A notary certifies documents or their copies, witnesses official acts: wills, commercial papers, etc. An investigator investigates and solves crimes. A police officer enforces laws, keeps public order and take legal measures to law-breakers.

Many lawyers are employed by law offices of enterprises, ministries and agencies as in-house counsel. These legal advisers represent their single and permanent “client” – their organization. They support and counsel it, provide expertise in administrative, employment, tax, insurance, contract, international and other legal issues, draft documents and contracts, take part in negotiations, deals and lawsuits.

Legal careers also include teaching law and academic research. In Russia there are a lot of institutions of higher learning that train specialists in law.

VOCABULARY

Exercise 4. Read the description of a job. What is the job?

A judge, a lawyer, a penal officer, a notary, a legal adviser, an advocate, a prosecutor, an investigator, a police officer

_____________________________________________________

Ø a member of the legal profession, gives legal advice

Ø a lawyer who pleads in court, represent plaintiffs or defendants

Ø a person who prosecutes the accused, especially in a criminal court

Ø a lawyer who is legally authorized to certify documents

Ø a person who investigates crimes

Ø a member of the police force

Ø a person who transports and supervises prisoners

Ø a public official with authority to hear cases in a court and pass sentences upon them

Ø a company lawyer

Exercise 5. Match the jobs in column A and the workplaces in column B.

A judge can work in court.

Column A	Column B
a lawyer a penal officer a notary a legal adviser an advocate a prosecutor a judge an investigator a policeman	in correctional institutions in court at a notary’s office at the Bar in police at a legal office in a company at the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's office

Where else can lawyers work?

Exercise 6. Match the word-combinations and their translations.

1) to get a law degree	a) раскрыть преступление
2) to counsel	b) соблюдать законы
3) to give legal advice	c) вести судебное заседание
4) to investigate a crime	d) получить степень по юриспруденции
5) to choose one’s occupation	e) заверять документы
6) to defend the accused	f) консультировать
7) to prove one’s innocence	g) преследовать обвиняемого в судебном порядке
8) to draft legal documents	h) защищать подсудимого
9) to represent plaintiffs or defendants	i) выступать в качестве эксперта
10) to prosecute the accused	j) принимать участие в переговорах
11) to prove one’s guilt	k) осуществлять правосудие
12) to administer justice	l) принимать законные меры
13) to conduct the trial	m) готовить проекты юридических документов
14) to sum up evidence	n) выносить справедливый приговор
15) to pass a just sentence	o) представлять интересы истца или ответчика
16) to certify documents	p) охранять общественный порядок
17) to solve a crime	q) обобщать доказательства
18) to enforce laws	r) доказать чью-то невиновность
19) to take legal measures	s) дать юридическую консультацию
20) to keep public order	t) расследовать преступление
21) to provide expertise	u) доказать чью-то вину
22) to take part in negotiations	v) выбрать род занятий

Exercise 7. Four people are speaking about their jobs. What are they?

Kylie Marshall

Sarah Stevens

Simon Armstrong

Samuel Leeper

Mark Henry

Exercise 8. Fill in the chart.

JOB	WORKPLACE	DUTIES
an investigator		to investigate crimes to search a crime scene to interview witnesses to interrogate suspects to solve crimes to collect evidence
	in police	to detain violators to arrest offenders to keep public order to take legal measures to law breakers
a notary		to certify documents or their copies to witness wills, commercial papers
	in correctional institutions /in the Federal Penal Service	to supervise prisoners
an advocate	at the Bar/ in court
a prosecutor		to prosecute the accused to prove guilt
	in court	to hear cases to sum up evidence to conduct a trial to pass a just sentence
a legal adviser	at a legal office   in a state organization   in a private company   at an enterprise

Exercise 9. What is the job like? Add the phrases below to express your opinion.

A judge, a lawyer, a penal officer, a notary, a legal adviser, an advocate, a prosecutor, an investigator

+	–
exciting promising important interesting stable well-paid	dangerous stressful routine uninteresting poorly paid challenging
I think that …. I believe that …. In my opinion …. I find ….	From my point of view…. On the one hand… on the other hand…. I agree that …. It seems to me that ….

SPEAKING

Exercise 10. Speak about your future profession according to the plan.

1. Your place of study.

2. Specialization.

3. Future place of work.

4. Duties.

5. What do you think of your future profession?

ROLE PLAY

Exercise 11. Roleplay the class reunion party. Work in groups of six.

Background

You finished school and entered the University (Academy, Institute, college). At school you had a law-oriented academic program and most of your classmates chose legal jobs. You meet some of your classmates and your class teacher at the class reunion party and talk about your studies and future career.

Choose a role card, read it and prepare to roleplay the class reunion party.

Role card 1 You study law at Vladimir State University. You like it and have time to work part-time at your aunt’s notary office. In future you plan to continue working as a notary.

Role card 2 You study at Vladimir Law Institute. You major in law-enforcement. Your studies keep you very busy. You are going to work at a correctional institution. You find your future profession stressful but stable.

Role card 3 You study at Moscow State University. Your academic program is very challenging. You are going to join the Russian Bar Association and work at the Bar. You find the job of an advocate very interesting and exciting. You major in civil law.

Role card 4 You are a part-time student at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. You study law. You work as a legal adviser at a private company and enjoy your job very much.

Role card 5 You are a law student at a college. You don’t like to study there but you do that for your parents’ sake. From their point of view it is a promising and well-paid job.

Role card 6 You are the class teacher. You are interested in your ex-students’ life and ask them questions: Where are you studying now? What is your major? Do you like studying there? What do you think of your future profession? Where are you working? What university did you enter? Where do you plan to work?